Connecticut Route 127

Route 127
Map of Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut with Route 127 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ConnDOT
Length:	6.80 mi[1] (10.94 km)
Existed:	1932 – present
Major junctions
South end:	Route 130 in Bridgeport
	I-95 / Conn. Turnpike in Bridgeport Route 8 in Trumbull Route 15 / Merritt Parkway in Trumbull Route 25 in Trumbull
North end:	Route 111 in Trumbull
Location
Counties:	Fairfield
Highway system
Routes in Connecticut Interstate U.S. State SSR SR ← Route 126 Route 128 →

Route 127 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running entirely from Bridgeport to Trumbull. It serves as a minor arterial, connecting all four major limited access highways in the Bridgeport area.

Route description

Route 127 begins at an intersection with Route 130 in southeastern Bridgeport and almost immediately intersects I-95. It then heads north, roughly parallel to the Pequonnock River and Route 8, into Trumbull. It intersects Route 8 just north of the Bridgeport-Trumbull town line and continues north, then turns northwest to intersect Route 15 and Route 25 in rapid succession. It then continues northwest to end at an intersection with Route 111 in Trumbull.^[1]

History

White Plains Road was laid out to Pulpit Rock, in present-day Trumbull, in 1705.^[2] Route 127 was commissioned in 1932 and originally ran from US 1 to its current northern terminus. At an undetermined time before 1978, the southern terminus was truncated to the Huntington Turnpike (SR 730). It was extended south to US 1 in 1992, then further south to Route 130 in 1995.^[3]

Junction list

The entire route is in Fairfield County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Bridgeport	0.00	0.00	Route 130 – Fairfield, Stratford
	0.15	0.24	I-95 south – N.Y. City	I-95 North Exit 28
	1.40	2.25	US 1 – Fairfield, Stratford
Trumbull	3.19	5.13	Route 8 north – Waterbury, Shelton	Route 8 South Exit 7
	4.19	6.74	Route 15 north / Merritt Parkway – New Haven	Route 15 South Exit 50
	4.84	7.79	Route 25 south – Bridgeport	Route 25 North Exit 7
	6.80	10.94	Route 111 north – Monroe, Newtown
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Connecticut State Highway Log
2. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Fairfield County Historical Society, Reverend Samuel Orcutt, 1886, Vol. 2 pg. 1007
3. Connecticut Routes, Route 127

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• The USGenWeb Project, Fairfield County